Dadasaheb Phalke Award
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
| Award Information |
| Category |
Indian Cinema |
| Instituted |
1969 |
| First Awarded |
1969 |
| Total Awarded |
41 |
| Awarded by |
Govt. of India |
| Cash Award |
1,000,000 |
| Description |
Lifetime Achievement award |
| First Awardee(s) |
Devika Rani in 1969 |
| Last Awardee(s) |
K. Balachander in 2010 |
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969,[1] the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke,[2] considered as the father of Indian cinema.[3]
The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (golden lotus) medallion, a cash prize of 1 million and a shawl.[4]
The Bombay High Court had directed the Directorate of Film Festivals, India (DFFI) to consider uncensored films for the competition, a case which DFFI contested and won in the Supreme Court in late 2006. The case had delayed announcement of the award for 2006, which was announced in the middle of 2008. The 2007 award which had to be announced at the end of 2008 was announced in September 2009. The 2008 award was announced on 19 January 2010 and 2009 award was announced on 9 September 2010.[4]
Recipients
Following is the list of award winners:
| Year |
Awardee |
Occupation |
| 1969 |
Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich |
Actress |
| 1970 |
B. N. Sircar |
Producer |
| 1971 |
Prithviraj Kapoor |
Actor (Posthumous) |
| 1972 |
Pankaj Mullick |
Music Director |
| 1973 |
Ruby Myers (Sulochana) |
Actress |
| 1974 |
Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy |
Director |
| 1975 |
Dhirendranath Ganguly |
Actor, Director |
| 1976 |
Kanan Devi |
Actress |
| 1977 |
Nitin Bose |
Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter |
| 1978 |
Rai Chand Boral |
Music Director, Director |
| 1979 |
Sohrab Modi |
Actor, Director, Producer |
| 1980 |
Paidi Jairaj |
Actor, Director |
| 1981 |
Naushad Ali |
Music Director |
| 1982 |
L. V. Prasad |
Actor, Director, Producer |
| 1983 |
Durga Khote |
Actress |
| 1984 |
Satyajit Ray |
Director |
| 1985 |
V. Shantaram |
Actor, Director, Producer |
| 1986 |
Bommireddy Nagi Reddy |
Producer |
| 1987 |
Raj Kapoor |
Actor, Director |
| 1988 |
Ashok Kumar |
Actor |
| 1989 |
Lata Mangeshkar |
Playback Singer |
| 1990 |
Akkineni Nageswara Rao |
Actor |
| 1991 |
Bhalji Pendharkar |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1992 |
Bhupen Hazarika |
Director |
| 1993 |
Majrooh Sultanpuri |
Lyricist |
| 1994 |
Dilip Kumar |
Actor |
| 1995 |
Rajkumar |
Actor, Singer |
| 1996 |
Sivaji Ganesan |
Actor |
| 1997 |
Pradeep |
Lyricist |
| 1998 |
B. R. Chopra |
Director, Producer |
| 1999 |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Director |
| 2000 |
Asha Bhosle |
Playback Singer |
| 2001 |
Yash Chopra |
Director, Producer |
| 2002 |
Dev Anand |
Actor, Director, Producer |
| 2003 |
Mrinal Sen |
Director |
| 2004 |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
Director |
| 2005 |
Shyam Benegal |
Director |
| 2006 |
Tapan Sinha |
Director |
| 2007 |
Manna Dey |
Playback Singer |
| 2008 |
V. K. Murthy |
Cinematographer |
| 2009 |
D. Ramanaidu |
Producer |
| 2010 |
K. Balachander |
Director |
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